The winners of this years' undergraduate and graduate writing awards will read from their prize-winning work in the English Building's Mary Kay Lounge, located on the lower level of the English Building.
Six writers finishing their MFA degrees at Illinois this spring will read from their final project manuscripts. Poetry MFA candidates reading are Eduardo Gabrieloff, Sara Gelston, and Max Somers. Fiction MFA candidates reading are Baron Haber, Eric Tanyavutti, and Jessica Thom.
Professor Emeritus of English at University of Illinois, Larry Lieberman has authored fourteen books of poetry and three books of criticism. His recent collections include Hour of the Mango Black Moon and Carib's Leap: Selected and New Poems of the Caribbean (both from Peepal Tree Press, UK), The Regatta in the Skies: Selected Long Poems (University of Georgia Press), Flight from the Mother Stone (University of Arkansas Press), and Beyond the Muse of Memory: Essays on Contemporary American Poets (University of Missouri Press). Sponsored by the Rare Book Room & Manuscript Library. Refreshments will be served.
Sandra Beasley's most recent book is the memoir Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life, which offers a cultural history of food allergies in America. The book was a GoodReads Top Choice and was recognized as a top summer read by Self, Health, Prevention, and People. Sandra is also a well-known poet. Her collections include I Was the Jukebox, winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize, chosen by judge Joy Harjo, and Theories of Falling, winner of the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize.
MFA candidates from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, read from their work. This month's readers are Max Somers, Sara Gelston, and Sean MacIntyre..
